The Danny Rumph Classic is a charity basketball tournament that attracts some of the best talent in the Philadelphia area to compete to raise money in honor of the late Danny Rumph, who passed away suddenly from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in …

Philadelphia is on a mission to make the city “heart safe.” Every Philadelphia recreational center is now equipped with a defibrillator– that’s 150 automated external defibrillator (AED) machines installed to help save lives. The devices were donated by the fire …

For Viola “Candy” Owens, the defibrillator mounted inside Daniel E. Rumph II Recreation Center is a bittersweet sight. Rumph was Owens’ only son. He died after going into sudden cardiac arrest during a pick-up game of basketball at the Germantown …

You’d never think a young athlete would have to worry about cardiac arrest. So, most city-owned rec centers do not have what are called defibrillators, devices that can jump-start a failing heart. When the unimaginable does happen, c-p-r may not …